Improvement in removable casings for butter-packages



a e. J. RECORD. 7 Removable Casing for Butter Package.

No. 215,674. Patented May 20,1879.

Ll |l|l| I TWTM H WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

I N. PETER-S, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPH R WA m UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

GEORGE J. RECORD, OF OONNEAUT, OHIO.

AIMPROVEMENT IN REMOVABLE CASINGS FOR BUTTER-PACKAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,674, dated May 20,1879; application filed March 18, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE J. REcoED, ofOonneaut, in the county of Ashtabnla and State of Ohio, have inventedanew and useful Improvement in Removable Casings or J ackets forButter-Packages and other Vessels, of which the following is aspecification.

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved package closed ready for shipment.Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same,taken through the line a: m,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the loops.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved casin g or jacketfor butter-packages and other vessels which sh all be so constructedthat it may be removed and put on when desired, so that it may be alwaysneat and clean, and ready for reshipment, if required, and which willprotect the package from injury during transportation.

The invention consists in combining a veneer jacket with a metallicpackage, so that they can readily be connected and disconnected, ashereinafter described.

A represents the package, which is made of tin, and is provided with theair-tight cover B, for which Letters Patent No. 206,261 were granted tome July 23, 1878.

O is the casing or jacket,which is made of veneering, and of such ashape and size as to fit snugly upon the package A. The casing G isstrengthened by hoops c, placed upon and secured to it at the top andbottom, as shown in Fig. 2.

To the upper part of the casing O is hinged a wire loop, D, which ispassed over the end of the lever of the cover B, so as to fasten boththe cover B and the casin g G to the package A. The other end of thecover-lever is passed through a wire loop, E, hinged to the wired edgeof the package A.

To the inner surface of the lower edge of the casing (J may be attacheda thick hoop, F, as shown in Fig. 2, upon which the bottom of thepackage may be allowed to rest; or a loose bottom, G, may be placed uponthe hoop F for the bottom of the package A to rest upon.

The bottom G is made of thin veneering, so that it will not swell andinjure the package when set in a collar or other damp place.

The casing C may be removed from the package A at any time by placingthe bottom Gr upon a paint-keg, or other object of a less diameter thanthe casing G, and pressing the said casing downward.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pat- 'ent- The combination, with metallic package A, having atight cover, B, of the veneer jacket 0 F G, connected by wire loops D Ewith the lever on the top of cover and with the vessel, as shown anddescribed.

GEORGE J RECORD.

Witnesses J AJVLES J UDSON, ALLEN M. Cox.

